In Jerry Maguire, which character repeatedly demands, “Show me the money!”?

In Jerry Maguire, football player Rod Tidwell repeatedly demands, “Show me the money!”

Rod uses the phrase during a phone call with his sports agent, Jerry Maguire, who is trying to prove that he remains committed to Rod’s career after leaving his agency. The exchange dramatizes Rod’s insistence that personal loyalty must be matched by a valuable professional contract.

Cuba Gooding Jr. played Rod Tidwell, and Tom Cruise played Jerry Maguire in Cameron Crowe’s 1996 sports comedy-drama. Gooding’s energetic delivery helped make the line one of the movie’s most recognizable quotations, and he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the role.

The quote is often loosely associated with Jerry because the film bears his name, but Jerry is the agent receiving the demand. Rod is a fictional professional football wide receiver, not a real athlete, and the phrase refers to contract value rather than literal cash being displayed.